So fast and it is the end of 2012 already!
It is amazing (even to me!) that this blog is still alive and I am still posting! I have obtained this blog from Tania, a good friend of me who gave it to me as a birthday present in 2007. I had merely mentioned then that I did not have a blog as I did not know how to create blog designs and she straight away spent time to create it and gave it to me. Thx alot Tania! (I dun think she is still reading my blog though haha)
This is a time for reflection on 2012, whether did we make the year count or we merely counted the year. This is also a time to express our gratitude to the people and the events whom we met during the year. Most importantly, this is the time for us to set a direction for ourselves to embrace the upcoming new year.
My life mentor, William, has given us certain directions for us to end and start the year and my blog entry will be drafted in that order. There are a few questions for us to ask ourselves and I will strongly encourage you if you are reading this blog to do for yourselves as answering these questions may empower you with the strength and courage to make the coming year a leap year for you! (as it did for me)
So here we go! :)
What have I achieved for the year 2012?
I have learnt and appreciated the importance of master mind alliance and the power of spoken word in two of my modules! I had a project group which has positive people. The positive project group is supposed to take part in a marketing game called Markstrat where groups are supposed to act as marketing companies and compete against each other. The module grade will hence be determined by the ranking at the end of the game. We had a poor start due to bad decisions and being unfamiliar with the system. We were the last for the first 3 sessions out of the total 8 sessions. Knowing that speaking positive works, I rallied the team to speak positive, saying stuff like "we are the rising star", "all these were meant for our dramatic comeback in later periods", " we are going to be the market leader". An amazing thing happened is that the rest of the team members started echo-ing that too! At the 5th session, there was a dramatic change in tide and we jumped from the last to the first and we maintained that till the end of the game. This taught me that everything is possible if everyone is united, speaking positively and working towards a common goal. Thx Neritta, Liying, Germin! :D Will always remember BM213 The Rising * ! :D
Team Rising *!
I have finished my professional attachment at South West CDC! I have learnt to organise events, coordinating all the logistic work! I have met fun people who treated us interns very well too! I felt so taken care of by the many colleagues there haha. Thx everyone for the memories, the fellow interns and terms for the company, and especially kat who treats me super well :)
South West Bear Yo!
A cute cute girl girl who participated in my event at JCube Ice Rink
I have learnt how to dance hip hop! :) Taken a module from NIE, called Introduction to Hip Hop and its dances. Learnt to dance basic moves and have learnt to dance properly to music! haha. (I thought i am good at dancing until I had my 1st lesson heh)
Yeah, somehow we got onto the front page of zaobao too lol
For my business, I had been the floor manager for events handling four five hundred people! I have learnt how to run such scale of events, while taking care of the logistics, ticketing, audio/video at the same time through delegating.
I had run sundown marathon of 10km under 1 hr! My timing was around 57 mins if i remember correctly. Was pacing with edmund and I must say pacing with someone is really crucial to achieve the timing that I want as at different points of time, each of us was only keeping up the pace to catch up with the other. :)
I had a singing mod called Magic of the Voice at ADM! :) It was one of the most fun and relaxing module in my 3 years in NTU so far! As it is the only lesson on tues, every tuesday I will just go to school sing song and go home. haha! Got to improve my singing (especially controlling and hitting the high notes) and meet fellow friends who are enthusiastic in singing too! :)
I have gotten my 1st ukulele! I have learnt to play a song on it so far and the song title is called Jingle Bells haha
Most importantly, this year I have learnt to appreciate the attitude of gratitude. I used to be complaining why I am not getting this and that. If u know me, u should know that I am quite a perfectionist and I expect everything that I do to be sort of perfect and working well. I guess sometimes people will have to lose something for them to appreciate what they have. Do not worry about what you have lost or missed, appreciate what you have left. Sometimes events that are bad may happen, but in actual fact, everything happens for a good reason! Everything is perfect, albeit that it is incomplete. Having a fever may look bad, but it is a good sign for you to take note of your health and quickly take care of it before it accumulates into something that is irreversible. Things may look bad now, but have faith that there will be a good ending and when you look back, you will realise that all dots are actually connected somehow.
What am I thankful for?
I am thankful for my family for having me and providing me with a safe and secure home to live in.
I am thankful for my family members' health and everyone is alive and walking, despite my grandma going into hospital a couple of times this year.
I am thankful for my own health. With the help of nutrilite, I did not fall sick at all this year. I am thankful for my high metabolism such that I do not need to worry about gaining weight and I can eat all the food that I like.
I am thankful for my close friends, in and out of my business for supporting me. I guess I will send them a personalised message each haha. Gratitude not expressed is like a present not given.
I am thankful for my business as it allows me to achieve my dreams and goals and I am limited only by my hardwork and my desire. I am thankful for my mentors for showing me the way and helping me live a better life.
I am thankful for living in a safe and convenient country. Instead of spending time complaining about delayed train rides, I think we should focus more on living in this safe little red dot where there aren't any natural disasters or random people shooting in schools. I had a friend whose entire family needs to evacuate from their homes due to the flooding in Philipines. Never take such things for granted.
What are my goals for the year 2013?
Health: I will be 55 kg by the end of 2013. This will be done by me exercising thrice a week; 1 karate training, 1 strength training and 1 cardio training. I will sleep by 12am in usual days other than those with business dealings.
Family: I will spend more quality time with my family. When eating meals together, I will just focus on eating meals and talking to them instead of listening to cds or watching videos.
Wealth: I am a brand new platinum by 31 dec 2013, earning a passive income of at least $4,000, with an ultimate eagle structure. Do ask me for more information if you do not understand what I have just typed. I will have a savings of $2,000 from my allowances and tuition income too while not being in any debt.
Academics: I will have a CGPA of 4.0 and above despite only using weekdays daytime to study. My study skills have also improved in productivity such that I can spend less time to get better results.
Mentally: I have learnt to have a pleasing personality, being able to relate to more people, win more friends and influence more people. I have learnt the art of tolerance and be patient in explaining ideas and concepts. I have also learnt to be calm at all times and be able to handle all situations occurring in my life.
Spiritually: I have learnt to apply faith in my life, trusting that things will turn out well when they are coming from the unseen to the seen.
Socially: I have added value to people around me, be it being a good listener, adding value by sharing success principles verbally or via blog and helping my close friends out. I have also maintained at least 1 blog post a month for this blog, with the purpose of adding value by sharing the things I have learnt from books and to eventually have my own book.
So goals to achieve:
1)To be 55 kg healthily
2)More blog posts, to be typed properly such as to be compiled into a ebook eventually
3)Have even closer relationship with family and friends
4)Platinumship, earning min $4k/mth
5)Run a full marathon under 5 hrs
6)GPA of 4.0 and above for both sems
7)Have a pleasing personality, more patient and tolerant.
8)Added value to people around me
Thats all for now! It's 3.05am now and I have just added the goal of sleeping early after looking at the time now haha! So, happy new year to all! New year, new you :)
